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Probably because 90% of growth is occurring outside the EU.
Edit. It’s a fucking EU stated fact muppets
https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/smes/growing-and-scaling-sme/improving-smes-access-marktets/sme-internationalisation-beyond-eu_en
Do you think Apple and Samsung would stop selling 60% of the European phones? https://appleworld.today/2026/08/apple-now-has-34-of-europes-smartphone-market/
Also you’re the kind of useful idiot that we see all over the internet. Stop.
They obviously aren’t, so what’s your point?
If you resort to name calling, you’re a fucking idiot.
lol
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Growth isn’t the only important metric here.
It is to smartphone manufacturers
It’s not. Year on year sales can remain flat but they are still important to turnover.
Lol
Why ?
Because flat < growth
It’s not that deep
Obviously but that doesn’t mean that the flat number of year on year sales don’t matter. It’s a very important metric
It means you are losing market share
Average UKdiot
That’s a stat from the EU lol
And your portmanteau doesn’t work.
So? These companies would just throw out 10% of the ‘growth’?
The EU could flip the scrip and get back to Nokia phones and real interactions. That way the data flow abroad would be minimised significantly.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/flip-the-script
Just like North Korea?